Paid Rs 30L for US job, returned handcuffed: Chef from Punjab

Enamoured by the American Dream, they left their homes and undertook perilous journeys, hoping to turn their lives around. They returned handcuffed with dreams cut short, huge debts and stories of......

Mann rules out dissent as Punjab MLAs meet Kejriwal

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday dismissed speculation of dissent within Aam Aadmi Party's state unit, asserting that Congress leaders have a history of switching parties while AAP......

Punjab: US deportees, families stare at huge debt, shattered dreams

Family members of the illegal immigrants from Punjab who are among the 104 Indians deported from the US on Wednesday said they took huge loans to facilitate their travel to America hoping for a......

Detention centre or torture cell? US deportee recounts 18-day ordeal

No proper food, articles of Sikh faith being thrown into the dustbin and thin blankets to cope with the cold due to air conditioners being run at low temperatures; is how 21-year-old Davinder Singh......

Fateh Review: Saved By Sleek Action

Dark, disturbing and full of gore, Fateh is gung-ho in its efforts to make this stylised action yarn as brutal as possible, observes Mayur Sanap. Post Animal, there's a shift in Bollywood action......

Meet The 'Real' Hero of Azaad

'Abhishek is known to launch new ‘stars’ and not ‘kids.’ He has always been successful with that. He has a lot of patience for new people. I won’t say to tolerate......

Bandaa Singh Chaudhary Review: Disappointing!

Bandaa Singh Chaudhary compromises on its hard realism to go after an easily digestible, mass entertainer that undoes everything that the film had set out to say, sighs Mayur Sanap. What's worse......

'I Can't Talk To My Parents About My Film'

'That's how big this taboo is.''It would be difficult for them to understand what I am trying to show with Jaggi.' IMAGE: Ramnish Chaudhary in Jaggi. In Director Anmol Sidhu's sombre drama Jaggi,......

19-year-old Meena shatters pole vault record to win gold

IMAGE: Dev Kumar Meena bettered the previous National record of 5.31m set by Subramani Siva while winning the gold in the 2022 Games in Gujarat. Photograph: Athletics Federation of India/X Madhya......

Khel Ratna is just the beginning: Harmanpreet

Biggest achievement of life but plenty more to come: Harmanpreet on Khel Ratna award IMAGE: Harmanpreet Singh has also claimed the FIH Player of the Year award three times, including the year gone......

Manpreet eyes unprecedented 5th Olympic appearance

Photograph: Kind courtesy Manpreet Singh/X He will be on the wrong side of 30s and maintaining fitness would be no stroll in the park but veteran Indian hockey mid-fielder Manpreet Singh foresees......

Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem showered with cash awards

IMAGE: Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan reacts after setting a new Olympic record. Photograph: Aleksandra Szmigiel / Reuters Pakistan's sensational javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem who won the......

Nadeem's gold: A fairy-tale story from Pakistan

IMAGE: Gold medallist Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan celebrates with his medal on the podium. Photograph: Alina Smutko/Reuters Arshad Nadeem's home village erupted into rapturous celebrations......